Kyle will instead take on Travis Wiuff
in the May 24 headliner, which takes place at the BankUnited Center
in Coral Gables, Fla. The evening’s main draw airs live on AXS TV
and will also feature transgender fighter Fallon Fox
squaring off with Allanna
Jones in the semifinals of the Championship Fighting Alliance
women’s featherweight tournament.

Kyle and Wiuff previously met in February 2010 at King of the Cage
“Vengeance,” with Kyle initially being awarded a technical knockout
via doctor’s stoppage after two rounds of action. However, that
result was later changed to a no-contest after it was determined
that Kyle landed a punch after the bell to close out the second
frame.

Since that meeting, Kyle has gone 5-2 with one no-contest, though
just one of those victories came inside the Strikeforce cage. The
33-year-old competed just once last year, suffering a submission
defeat to Rafael
Cavalcante that was then changed to a no-contest after “Feijao”
failed his post-fight drug test. “Mak” returned to competition on
Jan. 12, submitting to a Gegard
Mousasi rear-naked choke to end his Strikeforce career.

Wiuff, meanwhile, fought his way to the finals of Bellator’s 2012
Summer Series light heavyweight tournament before falling to future
champion Attila Vegh
in a 25-second knockout. Two more losses would follow for “Diesel,”
who dropped a split decision to Maro Perak
before returning to the Bellator cage as a heavyweight on March 21,
when he was knocked out in just 18 seconds by Ryan
Martinez.